ARISS school contacts are
planned Wednesday 6 April at approximately 07:10 UTC, which is 9.10 CEST, with Scuola
Primaria III Circolo “Tiro a Segno”, Fermo, and Scuola Primaria “Viale della
Vittoria”, Montecosaro, Italy.

The Primary School "Tiro a
Segno" (Shooting) is located in Fermo, MarcheRegion, Italy. The
school developed a project called "New technologies". The project aims
an efficient approach to technology and the children are involved in educational
research and experiments. Members of the local radio amateurs club teach the
students the importance Ham Radio activities and the practice of telegraphy.

Montecosaro is a little town in the province of Macerata, in the
valley of Chienti. The school "Viale della
Vittoria" offers the students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge covered
by the Ministerial programs and to use this knowledge for preparing a serene
and conscious life. To increase the educational offer, several projects are
developed, such as computer science, the game of chess engines, pottery, art
and expression.

A direct radio contact is planned (I6KZR).
Signals from space will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz FM.

The event will be probably broadcast in
streaming video on

http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia

Students are 6 to 10 years
old. They will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:

ARISS is an international educational
outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian
Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations
from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students
to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with
crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and
communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can
energize youngsters' interest in science, technology and learning.